Athens (Paperback)

Patrick Garbin

ISBN 10: 1467112364 / ISBN 13: 9781467112369

Published by Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2014

About this Item

Paperback. From the early 1960s to the present, perhaps no college town in America has changed as much as Athens, Georgia. Over the course of 50 years, the city experienced desegregation at all levels of education, encountered all types of activism and demonstrations, and established an unparalleled music scene that still flourishes. Beginning in the 1980s, University of Georgia athletic teams began winning national championships and continue to do so, the 1996 Olympics came to Athens, and the downtown district is no longer a retail center but a 24-hour central city with more restaurants, bars, and eclectic shops than one can count. Athens is no longer the sleepy, small college town it once was, but truly "the Classic City" in every sense of the name. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Athens (Paperback)
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1467112364
• ISBN 13: 9781467112369
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

From the early 1960s to the present, perhaps no college town in America has changed as much as Athens, Georgia. Over the course of 50 years, the city experienced desegregation at all levels of education, encountered all types of activism and demonstrations, and established an unparalleled music scene that still flourishes. Beginning in the 1980s, University of Georgia athletic teams began winning national championships and continue to do so, the 1996 Olympics came to Athens, and the downtown district is no longer a retail center but a 24-hour central city with more restaurants, bars, and eclectic shops than one can count. Athens is no longer the sleepy, small college town it once was, but truly "the Classic City" in every sense of the name.

About the Author

Freelance journalist Patrick Garbin is considered perhaps the foremost historian on University of Georgia football. He has authored six books on the subject, maintains the About Them Dawgs! Blawg, and has contributed articles and research to a number of media outlets, magazines, and newspapers. Garbin, who was born in Athens and graduated from the University of Georgia, currently lives in the Athens area with his wife, Elizabeth, and two children, Trip and Rebecca.